The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-09-22
TRAINING VETERINARY STUDENTS.
a Surgeon on tho GubJect-Trcatment Of
Dogs Ia Hot Weather.

A Surgeon on tho GubJect-Treatment Of
Dogs Ia Hot Weather..
Brooklyn contains many eminent yctcr.
mary surgeons, all Of whom have made
their mark In their profession. called
Oh one OF them recently and asked him to
talk about the training of veterinary
etudents. This is what he said: 'In my
opinion surgeons, both human and animal,
are born, not made A man must he
peculiarly fitted for the profession which
in many particulars is MI ardnous ono.
The candidate must possess u vast ninount
OF nerve in addition to being physically
able TO carry on the duties. lie must,
too, undergo as much training and study
as hard as he who would graduate an NJ.
ID. In many particulars the class of study
and the requirements are the same One
TO he eligible must be 81 years old, aud
prior to eptoring q veterinary college he
must have read with a reputable surgeon
for three years. And jj,..--t here let me
state that there are no legally licensed
veterinary colleges in Amcricn. IN 1865
law was passed providing that no col
lego, unless 1t possessed the sum of $50,
600 to lie used in the purchase of an
anatomical museum, should receive q
charter. The Columbia, which, by the
way, was not in any manner connected
with the college of the same name, and
which disorganized in 1884 was not
legal institution" 80. -2a4.#F@" shf
What are the first lessons taughts' 1
asked. ..r..
''rhe beginner must commence by
studying anatomy and physiology. He
then takes up pathology and step by step
acquires that knowledge which is useful
..,p ftoy ifn n,,<< - liz NIL, Il
or more in the United States, there Is NOT
one in 1000 who has ut first love for his
profession. So it is with veterinary sur
geons. Young men study two or three
years and, without having any previous
knowledge of the animal frame, graduate
and are thrown out upon the world. Do
they live? Yes, but 1t is ut the expense Of
tho public" lid. ss#s -" -.
Talking about the treatment of DOGS
these hot days, DR.. Smith said: II don't
think there is such disease ~ hydro
phobia. Many, of course, die from the
effects Of dog bite, but death, in nv
opinion, Is cased by lockjaw and not by
hydrophobia. Dogs during hot weather
should not be permitted to run in the
streets. They should have plenty Of water
and but little meat. Meat is heating to
the blood and causes apoplexy or rush of
blood to the head. A bite from dog that
he's the rabies Is nearly always fatal.
Rabies in O human being is the lockjaw
pure and simple. Do you remember read
ing of the death of Butler, the dog faucier.
in this city some years ago? 1t was said
that he died from hydrophObia, although
the disease, according to medical authorf-
ties, does not develop itself within six
weeks CT six months. Butler showed evil
denoes Of having the rabies ten days after
being bitten and after suffering terrible
agony for forty-eight hours he died. His
jaw was firmly set and he had every
symptom of loclljaw, or paralysis Of the
throat. One great cause of dogs going
mad is indigestion. Worms, known to-
the profession as leeeh worms, will also
cause them to have the rabies. No AMI
mai bite IS more poisonous than the bite
Of a hog. A eats bite is dangerous too,
but it seldom causes anything more serious
than severe swelling. Cor. Brooklyn
Eagle.